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International Baccalaureate Evaluation Process

Middle Years Programme (MYP) Evaulation

2014-2015

WHAT IS MYP?

Middle Years Programme

Educational Framework

• Grades 6-10 – partnership with Ridgeview

• Student-centered

• Global citizen

• IB Learner Profile

• Connection to service

• All subjects are equally valued

• International-mindedness

• Inquiry-based

Middle Years Programme Fundamental concepts:

• Holistic Learning: Emphasis on the student as a whole learner – idea that each subject is equally valued, and teaches the student skills needed for lifelong learning

• Communication: Emphasis on each subject utilizing language. Most of the subjects are required to do some type of analytical writing.

• Intercultural awareness: Emphasis on the student seeing issues and topics from multiple perspectives and that each person is connected.

Fulfuilling Long-range Goals

Long range goal: IB Cluster

• 2009-2010 Riverwood applied for candidacy

• Candidacy achieved 2010

• IB Cluster currently underway with Heards Ferry, High Point, and Lake Forrest all looking into becoming IB elementary schools: Primary Years Programme (PYP)

Long range goal: Embracing our situation in Atlanta’s ever-growing diverse city

• Riverwood serves a very diverse community that continues to change

Long range goal: promoting the Diploma Programme (DP) for grades 11-12

How is MYP implemented in the classroom?

• Subject guide objectives • Coincide with the CCGPS objectives, but they are less specific to the course,

more specific to the subject area

• Assessment Criteria • Each subject has assessment criteria with rubrics already made for

the subject.

• Incorporate the Learner Profile • Awards to students who are “knowledgeable” or “inquirers”

• Language used in your classroom

• Introduced and reviewed with entire school in advisement each year

• Participate in school-wide initiatives: Intercultural awareness • Letters to service men and women

• Hispanic Heritage month

• Connecting the subject area to real-world situations

Personal Project • Introduced in 10th grade through the English classes, though not

subject specific

• School-wide initiative: ALL 10th grade students participate

• Real-world focus

• Community & Service

• Promotes Approaches to Learning skills:

Organizational skills Attitudes toward work Communication skills Information literacy skills Problem solving and thinking skills

Reflection and meta-cognitive skills

EVALUATION PROCESS

Evaluation Process

• Occurs every 5 years of the programme

Purpose: for all stakeholders

• To determine the implementation of the programme according to the standards outlined by IB

• To identify major achievements during the period under review (previous 5 years)

• To identify areas and practices that need further development

School’s Responsibility

Evaluation process:

1. Determine units, assessments, and rubrics to send to IB

2. Send assessments to IB to be evaluated

3. Receive feedback about process of assessing

4. Conduct a self-evaluation through the means of a survey

5. Analyze survey results to determine areas of achievement and areas in need of improvement

6. Submit survey results, areas of achievement, areas of improvement (and ways to improve) to IB

7. IB sends out site evaluators to examine the school

8. The school is given commendations or recommendations

Areas of Achievement & Areas of Improvement Achievements:

Teaching and Learning

Assessment

International-mindedness

Promoting and providing access to upper level classes

Improvements:

Communication

Continuing to improve accessibility for the DP courses

Achievements 2014-2015

• MYP Assessments

• Reporting out MYP growth measures

• Teachers trained

• Instructional planning during teacher work days

• Planning of interdisciplinary units

• Japanese Exchange Student Program

• MYP Committee

• ALL students complete the Personal Project

Luncheon Invitation

We cordially invite you to a luncheon

On September 23, 2014

at 12:00 pm

to dine and discuss MYP